GVR Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Hello When i open some drawings i have a problem with the Layer Properties Manager. I see the window of the Layer Properties manager but the inside is transparent. I can see the drawing through it. I have to close the window and open it again to see all the layers. A other problem is that the LPM displays not the same information as the "Layers"-Toolbar. New layers are visible in the toolbar and not in the LPM. Or when layers are turnd on or off the information about that is not the same in the "Layers"-Toolbar and the LPM. Or when layers according to the LPM are frosen in the viewport they are still visible. I have the "un-freeze" en "re-freeze" them to set the layer on frozen. Regen all or recover dosn't work. I'm using AutoCAD 2009 LT SP3 (the latest update). Someone told me a while ago that it might be a microsoft .NET problem so i installed the latest .NET version and re-installed Autocad but unfortunately the problem still remains. I hope someone has a solution because it starts to drive me crazy. Already Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organic Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 This happens occasionally, seemingly at random to me. A restart of the computer (and not just AutoCad) fixes it I have found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GVR Posted April 27, 2011 Author Share Posted April 27, 2011 Thanks Dink87522. For this moment a restart fixed the problem. But tomorrow i will probably have this problem again. My experience is that it happens very often. And not in all drawings, so it is in my opinion also a drawing problem and not a problem that happens with all drawings. I hope someone has a more permanent solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Had the same problem using AutoCAD 2011. I decided it was a graphics-related issue and not a problem with any individual drawing. http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?55039-A-LPM-with-a-view.-Windows-anyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GVR Posted April 27, 2011 Author Share Posted April 27, 2011 Had the same problem using AutoCAD 2011. I decided it was a graphics-related issue and not a problem with any individual drawing. http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?55039-A-LPM-with-a-view.-Windows-anyone But did you find a solution? If i read the topic you mention i don't think so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 No. Not because I didn't try. Rather, my power supply went south (along with a couple of other problems) and I used it as an opportunity to upgrade my system. I've worked on the same drawing using both AutoCAD 2010 and 2012 and have not been able to reproduce the problem so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 What are your system specs? Are you using Windows 7? AutoCAD 2011 has had a lot of strange quirks since I upgraded to Windows 7 (the CPU was upgraded at the same time), turning off all the extras in Windows 7 has helped. I had that problem in XP also, but I also had a crappy graphics card before the upgrade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Note: My previous system, the one with the intermittent problem, had a 768MB nVidia gaming card in it. I suspect that was the culprit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GVR Posted April 27, 2011 Author Share Posted April 27, 2011 I work on windows XP. PC: intel Cor 2 Duo, 2,2Ghz. 1Gb. Video: 128mb ATI Radeon X1300. 1Gb is a little to small i think. The swap-file is always something like 1,2Gb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 I work on windows XP.PC: intel Cor 2 Duo, 2,2Ghz. 1Gb. Video: 128mb ATI Radeon X1300. 1Gb is a little to small i think. The swap-file is always something like 1,2Gb. Video: 128mb ATI Radeon X1300 ....that's my guess. P.S. Set your Swap file to 2-3 times your RAM is pretty much the recommended amount, though if you are not using all the RAM to begin with the swap file is a mute point. Try to monitor the RAM usage when this happens to see if all your RAM is being used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GVR Posted April 28, 2011 Author Share Posted April 28, 2011 (edited) I'm gona ask my "boss" for a better video-card. My swap file has a minimum of 1488MB and a max of 2976MB, that's alright then. I hope that the hardware is really the problem. Thanks for the help. Edit: My college has a Matrox G450 video-card. That card has only 32MB memory.... So is my ATI card not good? Edited April 28, 2011 by GVR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I work on windows XP.PC: intel Cor 2 Duo, 2,2Ghz. 1Gb. Video: 128mb ATI Radeon X1300. 1Gb is a little to small i think. The swap-file is always something like 1,2Gb. You should have at least 2MB of physical RAM. Your swap file is probably being managed by Windows (the default) and normally would be 1.5-2X the amount of physical RAM installed. You can elect to manage this yourself. If you do then increase the swap file size to 2.5-3X the physical RAM and set both the upper and lower values to the same number forcing Windows to set aside a contiguous portion of your hard drive for the exclusive use of the swap file. Your graphics card is marginal at best so consider an upgrade. Both ATI (now owned by AMD) and nVidia make good graphics cards for use with AutoCAD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 More RAM is usually better, but I do not think that would be his primary problem. He seems to be above the minimum for 2009LT. AutoCAD LT 2009 System Requirements For 32-bit System Requirements Intel® Pentium® 4 processor or AMD Athlon, 2.2 GHz or greater Intel or AMD Dual Core processor, 1.6 GHz or greater Microsoft® Windows Vista™, Windows® XP SP2 operating systems [b]512 MB RAM Microsoft Windows XP[/b] 1 GB RAM Microsoft Windows Vista 550 MB free disk space for installation 1024x768 VGA with True Color Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 6.0 internet browser (SP1 or higher) CD-ROM or DVD drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 And although he is double the recommended minimum for WinXP the combo of running both programs plus whatever else might be running in the background could be still be a factor. In my opinion, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GVR Posted May 2, 2011 Author Share Posted May 2, 2011 Thanks for all the help. First i gonna order 1GB extra RAM. I hope this will help . Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinprakoso Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Using CLASSICLAYER or LAYERDLGMODE to 0 didn't solve the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GVR Posted May 9, 2011 Author Share Posted May 9, 2011 CLASSICLAYER starts the same screen as i always have, so i don't know if it's a solution for my problem. I'll try if i have the problem again. And LAYERDLGMODE is not a recognized command. Probably only for autocad full. I'm using LT. Bud thanks for your answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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